> > maybe andrew barron of rocketboom could use some of his popularity to > point his audience to others doing good work. > pick of the week or something. > he's a guy who could teach people about subscribing to RSS feeds. > > Jay
Jay Deadman, Rocketboom is not a classroom. However, we have always informed our audience about these things. Those people that watch Rocketboom regularly likely know all about RSS and a lot more complex backend technical issues from simply tuning in. We have running jokes about RSS, we cover the people who invented it, we often refer to it in other contexts, we have extras with tutorial walk-throughs and we finally now assume our regular audience knows about it and if we continue to try and "teach" to them, they will revolt against the tired subject. I'm surprised the ANT site does not do more to explain what it is, since thats so much the business that you are in. When new people coming out of nowhere ask me about RSS, I usually just say "Download a copy of FireANT and just click around, you'll figure it out pretty quickly". Do you guys have any plans at FireANT to do more information sharing on explaining what RSS is and how it works? Look for an upcoming Rocketboom episode where Amanda goes for a walk through the city as if each building is a website and each billboard is a banner add. The city is the web in 3D. Even all the hardware stores are clustered around the same district. The episode will show off, and make a political statement about how and why to use Bittorrent with RSS. Its the most efficient way for the city to work. Also, as a final note, for example, if you look at our last Friday's episode, its an example of how we call attention to a subject matter like the energy crisis, in a way that is hopefully entertaining which thus hopefully gets people excited about it and looking into it further on their end. I think we are finding the most effective way to explain things is merely providing easy access (in the form of story links) to the information thats out there already. Information filtering with personal commentary. Its just one way. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
